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IN SENATE — February 24, 1855.

Resolved , That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, ten thousand copies of the several reports of surveys for a rail-
road to the Pacific, made under the direction of the Secretary of War ; and also of the report of F. W. Lander, civil engi-
neer, of a survey of a railroad route from Puget’s Sound, by Fort Hall and the Great Salt lake, to the Mississippi river ; and
the report of John C. Fremont, of a route for a railroad from the head-waters of the Arkansas river into the State of Cali-
fornia ; together with the maps and plates accompanying said reports, necessary to illustrate the same ; and that five
hundred copies be printed for the use of the Secretary of War, and fifty copies for each of the commanding officers engaged
in said service.
Attest : ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary.

THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—Chapter 98.

Sect. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War he, and he is hereby authorized, under the direction of the
President of the United States, to employ such portion of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, and such other persons as
he may deem necessary, to make such explorations and surveys as he may deem advisable, to ascertain the most practicable
and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean, and that the sum of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of such explorations and surveys.
Approved March 3, 1853.
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—Chapter CO.

Appropriation : For deficiencies for the railroad surveys between the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean, forty thou-
sand dollars.
Approved May 31, 1854.

THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—Chapter 267.

Appropriation : For continuing the explorations and surveys to ascertain the hest route for a railway to the Pacific, and
for completing the reports of surveys already made, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Approved August 5, 1854.

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